Donyell Shank lives in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore. Her daughter was a friend of Freddie Gray. In an interview at her house this week, she talked about rioting and what it means to be a “thug” in a neighborhood where the police are mistrusted:
Erin Burnett really tried, bless her heart, to imagine a reason why it might be inappropriate to refer to protesting black Baltimore teenagers as thugs.
Photographers take pictures of Thug, a pygmy hippo, exploring his new enclosure at the zoo in London on Thursday, when Thug and his lifelong companion Nicky were unveiled to the media in their new home as part of the zoo's "Into Africa" exhibit. Image via Matt Dunham/AP.
A "terrible cycle of violence and thuggery" is ravaging Omaha, Nebraska, according to the Omaha Police Officers Association. What is a thug, though? Well, the police boosters know one when they see one. In this case, it's a diapered toddler in a crazy cellphone video.
Gawker's West Coast Editor Cord Jefferson appeared on last night's episode of All In With Chris Hayes to discuss his controversial essay on the damaging lawlessness and savagery of white culture. Cord and host Chris Hayes also spoke about the roots of white violence and Cord's deep ties to the white community.
A frightening and violent mob swept through the normally quiet seaside community of Huntington Beach last night following a surfing competition in the area. Businesses were vandalized and looted, portable toilets overturned, and brutal fistfights waged right out in the open. It was an ugly display and a sad day for…
Egypt's pro-Mubarak thugs are just wailing on America's anchors. ABC's Christiane Amanpour is the latest, joining Anderson Cooper and Katie Couric: "The mob chased [her crew] into the car shouting that they hate America" and smashed the windshield. Who's next?
If you give your kids candy they'll end up in jail, scientists have now proven.
Hero Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett should be released from the hospital soon, after being totally smashed up by a baton-wielding thug at the state fair after Barrett stepped in to quell a disturbance. Well guess who loves him, too? Obama!
Albany restaurant critic Steve Barnes was viciously beaten last October by two thugs he'd never seen before. An arrest has been made! And he's got shadowy connections to the seedy Albany restaurant world!
